KAYAKING & COVID-19
- Covid: MIKCo's Y 2020 Season
- Covid: To paddle, or not... ?
- Covid: Buying, Fitting & Delivering Your New Covid-Clean NDK Kayak
- Covid: Maine Island Kayak Co's Courses, Trips & Services
- Covid: Peaks Island and our Casco Bay Lines Ferry
- Covid: Covid-19 and the Common Good
- Covid-19 Maine Guided Outdoor Activities Checklist
- Covic-19 Virus: Cleaning and Storing Your PFD
ADVENTURE
- Rock Garden Play in Casco Bay - Maine Magazine
- Paddling Antarctica
- BCU 5 Star Training
- One Small Navigation Mistake
- NDK Crosses the Atlantic - Without a Paddler
- The Pacific Alone: The Untold Story of Kayaking's Boldest Voyage
- Catch Me If You Can: The Global Pursuit of a Fugitive Ship
BOATS & GEAR
- Thoughts on Fitting, Demoing and Choosing a Sea Kayak
- Why Consider an NDK Sea Kayak?
- Why NDKs Work for Me
- NDK Romany: a Quarter Century
- NDK Explorer Review
- NDK Sport & Sportive
- NDK Echo Review
- NDK Quantum Review
- NDK Pulse Gets Your Heart Rate Up
- The Impact of Color on Boat Performance
- NDK Crosses the Atlantic - Without a Paddler
- NDK Kayak Fitting and Clean Boat Delivery in a COVID-19 Time
- Covid-19 Virus: Cleaning and Storing Your PFD
- Contact Tows
- If you don't know your knots, tie a lot...
BOOKS
- Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean
- The Pacific Alone: The Untold Story of Kayaking's Boldest Voyage
CLIMATE CHANGE
COURSE OUTLINES*
- Fundamentals I: The Foundation
- Fundamentals II: Beginning Seamanship
- Fundamentals III: Stroke Development
- Fundamentals IV: Navigation and Route Selection
- FastTrack
- Rock Gardens, Surfing & Rough Water Rescues
- Bates College: Geology of the Coast of Maine by Sea Kayak
EMERGENCY NUMBERS & VHF CHANNELS
ENVIRONMENT
GUIDING*
- Before You Go
- On Being a Wilderness Guide
- The Guide as Conductor
- Emergencies
- Wilderness Survival
- On Outdoor Leadership
- Group Control & On-Water Patterns
HUMANS IN THE GULF OF MAINE
LINKS
PADDLING TECHNIQUE
TOPIC OUTLINES*
- Gear List
- Rules of the Nautical Road
- Rescues & Safety
- Search & Rescue
- Charts & Maps
- Crossing Currents
- Plotting a Course
- Hypothermia & Cold Water Paddling
- Wind, Waves & Landforms
- Tides
- Environmental Skills: a checklist
- Personal Skills: a checklist
WATER SAFETY
- Drowning Doesn't Look Like Drowning
- Contact Tows
- Always Dress for the Water Temperature
- Unmanned Kayaks
- Blaming the Victims
- A Layered Approach to Preventing Drowning
WEATHER
- Local Weather Links & MIKCo Weather Board
- Weather & Sea State Analysis*
- Weather Forecasting & Analysis*
*MIKCo Ocean School Curriculum Materials
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